Meta Did What to ScarJo, Taylor Swift and Anne Hathaway?

I still don’t get how the John Cena chatbot revelations didn’t immediately drop a nuke on Meta’s AI program — I’m not getting into the details here — but this next fiasco should hopefully end with one, if not all of these celebrities suing Mark Zuckerberg into android dust. If this ends up being Facebook’s extinction event, I won’t be mad about it. Although, there is a rattlesnake infestation affecting the north side of town, and Daddy needs his community page freakouts. Can they maybe hold off for a minute? (Variety)

Will Yorgos Lanthimos’s newest muse, Jesse Plemons, receive an Oscar nomination for Bugonia? (Lainey Gossip)

Petty tyrant makes petty tyrant move. (Celebitchy)

Even Republicans are mad about the CDC mess. (Wonkette)

From Seth: Yeah, Philly! (TikTok)

Andrew Garfield, where are thy beard? (The Cut)

I was just wondering the other day what happened to Lindsay Ellis after she got ran off of Twitter by outrage addicts. Well, here she is going long on how Ms. Rachel is part of a long tradition of teaching kids empathy. (A.V. Club)

From Chris: Jinkx Monsoon’s giggles are infectious in this clip. (Instagram)

If you were planning to see Mortal Kombat II in October, some news. (The Wrap)

Devon Walker had the best reaction to news of his SNL departure. (Deadline)

Ridley Scott reveals he turned down $20 million to direct Terminator 3 because he “can’t be bought.” (THR)

This should probably convince me that The Batman Part II is happening, but I’m built different, OK? My parents’ genes were like, “Let’s make this one extra stubborn and toss in some poor eyesight, too. Get this dork in glasses by second grade.” (Gizmodo)

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— Jason Koebler (@jasonkoebler.bsky.social) August 29, 2025 at 11:34 AM